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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 1987, 8:16 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1987, 8:16 PM MDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1987, 8:50 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:31 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Lincoln, CO | |
| Jun 23, 9:00 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Lincoln, CO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 815 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOS 240216 TORCOS COC073-240250- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 816 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 850 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... NORTHERN LINCOLN A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC OVER THE TOWN OF HUGO IN NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. IN HOMES GO TO THE BASEMENT OR INTO A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IN SCHOOLS ...HIGH RISES AND HOSPITALS GO TO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GO TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH...GULLY OR OTHER LOW SPOT. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CROWLEY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:01 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 800 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTRME WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 1 AM MDT... AT 8 PM MDT NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED BY RADAR OR REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC OVER WESTERN KANSAS. HOWEVER.. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME VERY INTENSE WERE OVER EASTERN COLORADO IN AN 80 MILD WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM STERLING TO LA JUNTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. FREIBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert, Lincoln | 68 min |
| Jun 23, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 68 min |
| Jun 23, 7:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 8:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 3:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso, Lincoln | 76 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.